The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-04
THE WEATHER. AND CROPS.
The Drought Relieved by Abundant Rains
Fine Weather for Corn.

WASHINGTON, July 3.-The following is the
weekly weathercrop bulletin issued by the Sig
nal Office to-day:
During the week ending July g 1887. the
weather has been slightly warmer than usual in
the Northern States, the average daily excess
being generally less than degrees. while
throughout the Southern States it was cooler
than usual, the average daily temperature rang
ing from to z degrees below the normal.
Throughout the cotton belt, during the week.
the daily average about degrees cooler
than usual The average daily temperature for
the season, from Jan to July 2. 1887, differs
less than one degree from the normal in all acri-
cultural districts except in the Southern States,
where the thermal excess previously reported in
the cotton region has been slightly reduced and
the deficiency on the south Atlantic coast
slightly augmented.
During the week the rain fall has been slightly
in excess in the greater portion of the cotton
gion, and generally from the Mississippi river
westward over the eastern slope of the Rocky
mountains. Large excesses for the week. rang
ing from three to ten inches, reported from
southern Georgia, and thence westward to Texas,
and almost daily rains occurred in the Missis-
sipDi valley from the gnlf States northward To
Wisconsin and Minnesota, thus ending the
drought previously existing in portions of the
upper Mississippi; valley. Heavy rains
ported this morning from the States of the
Mississippi valley, and are indicated for the cot
toE region, and the corn, tobacco and wheat re-
gions west of the Alleghenies From Michigan
and the Ohio valley eastward to the Atlantic
coast there was less rain than usual for the
week, the deficiency amounting to about
inch. The large deficiency in rain
fan FOR the season from Jan. 1 to
July over the cotton region is largely the re-
suit of deficiency of rainfall during the winter
and early spring months. Considered with ref
erence to the months of May and June. the rain
fall in the greater portion of the cotton region
amounted to from 20 to 90 per cent of the aver
age amount of rain fall for that period. During
the same months less than 80 per cent of the
average amount of rainfall occurred in the
lower Ohio valley, Indiana, Illinois, southern
Wisconsin. Iowa and southeast Minnesota
Rains which have occurred during the past week
and continue this morning timely, and will
probably improve the condition of the staple
crops.
The weather has been favorable for harvest
ing of wheat and hay from the lake region and
the Ohio valley eastward to the Atlantic coast,
while in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys
showers have delayed harvesting in those
tions. The weather has been especially favora-
BILE in the corn REGION ana the recent rains have
extended over the greater portion of the corn
belt Excellent growing weather is reported
from New England and the middle Atlantic
States,.where q large hay crop mas been secured.
The Winter and Spring Wheat.
CHICAGO. July 3.-The following crop sum-
mary will appear in this weeks issue Of the
Farmers Review: Reports the yield of the
winterwheas crop are now CO hing in. and thus
far corroborate our previous statements as to
the shortage that might be expected. Missouri
leads in her average, and is followed by Illinois,
while the other States have the following rela-
tive positions: Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana,
Ohio, and, last, Kansas, where chinch- bugs
have done very serious damage. AS yet the
reports on the average yield of the winter wheat
crop just beginning to come in but the fol-
lowing from the different States probably fur
nishes correct indication of the final results of
the harvest: Twelve counties in Illinois report
average of seventeen bushels, and four coun-
ties place the average condition of the at 78
per cent Nine counties in Indiana place the
average At fourteen bushels. and three counties
the average condition at 20 per cent Seven
counties in Michigan report average yield OF
yield of thirteen bushels, Will Ave
counties report the condition at 85 per
cent The yield in twelve Missouri
counties is eighteen bushels, and the condition
in three is 108 per cent Five counties in Ken
lucky place the yield at sixteen bushels In
Kansas nine counties report an average of yield
of eleven bushels, and five an average condition
of 50 per cent. Seventeen counties in Illinois
complain of damage to crops by drought. Like
complaints come from six counties in Indiana,
and thirteen Kansas counties report damage
Kentucky and Wisconsin. and six Missouri
counties complain of damage by drought.
The condition of the spring wheat in the diff
ferent States is follows Seventeen counties
in Iowa report average condition of "a per
cent, while thirteen counties in Minnesota place
it at IS per cent Eleven counties in Nebraska
report average of Sc per cent, and the same
number in Dakota place it at SO per cent
As expected, the hay crop turns out light,
and pastures are nearly everywhere dry Pros
poets for crop of apples in the West are fair to
middlinc In many places the fruit is dropping
from the trees.